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All results from a given calculation for CH2Cl (chloromethyl radical)

using model chemistry: CCSD/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no CS 2A'
1 2 yes C2V 2B1

Conformer 1 (CS)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at CCSD/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.747075
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.466276
Nuclear repulsion energy45.287654
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at CCSD/6-31+G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3257 3041 7.93      
2 A' 1486 1387 18.12      
3 A' 868 810 34.54      
4 A' 150 140 90.13      
5 A" 3406 3181 0.12      
6 A" 1038 969 0.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5102.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9338) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4764.3 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CCSD/6-31+G**
ABC
9.26840 0.52498 0.49697

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.004 1.120 0.000
Cl2 -0.004 -0.586 0.000
H3 0.050 1.625 0.949
H4 0.050 1.625 -0.949

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70641.07591.0759
Cl21.70642.40662.4066
H31.07592.40661.8975
H41.07592.40661.8975

picture of chloromethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Br2 C1 H3 117.969 Br2 C1 H4 117.969
H3 C1 H4 123.715
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCSD/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.747076
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.466249
Nuclear repulsion energy45.292390
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at CCSD/6-31+G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3258 3042 7.70      
2 A1 1486 1387 18.25      
3 A1 868 811 34.28      
4 B1 42i 39i 92.88      
5 B2 3408 3183 0.08      
6 B2 1037 968 0.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5007.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9338) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4676.3 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CCSD/6-31+G**
ABC
9.28024 0.52510 0.49698

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.120
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.586
H3 0.000 0.949 -1.626
H4 0.000 -0.949 -1.626

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70611.07581.0758
Cl21.70612.40732.4073
H31.07582.40731.8986
H41.07582.40731.8986

picture of chloromethyl radical state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Br2 C1 H3 118.062 Br2 C1 H4 118.062
H3 C1 H4 123.876
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability